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The symbol shows the location of the Gronant (Denbighshire, Wales) transmitter which serves less than 500 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Gronant (Denbighshire, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Gronant transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.

Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)38mDTG-8W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Wales, 2 BBC Two Wales, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C29 (538.0MHz)38mDTG-8W
Channel icons
5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Wales),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)38mDTG-8W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD Wales, 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 110 Channel 4 HD (Wales), 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Gronant (Denbighshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Gronant transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 205km south (178°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 209km south (179°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Gronant (Denbighshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1314 Nov 2018
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C23C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C26BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCABBCA
C29ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C30BBCB
C33BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 21 Oct 09 and 18 Nov 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 8W
Analogue 1-4(-9dB) 1W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Llanddona transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Gronant was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:08 AM

GRONANT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:48 on 21 Jul to 12:06 on 21 Jul. [BBC]

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Monday, 6 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:07 PM

GRONANT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:43 today. [BBC]

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9:07 PM

GRONANT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:43 today to 18:03 today. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 7 August 2018
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12:07 AM

GRONANT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 today to 22:05 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:34 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:43 today to 18:03 today. [BBC]

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GRONANT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:34 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 yesterday to 22:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:43 yesterday to 18:03 yesterday. [BBC]

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9:07 AM

GRONANT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 yesterday to 22:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:43 yesterday to 18:03 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:34 yesterday to 03:14 today. [BBC]

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12:07 PM

GRONANT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:34 yesterday to 03:14 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 yesterday to 22:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:43 yesterday to 18:03 yesterday. [BBC]

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3:07 PM

GRONANT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 yesterday to 22:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:34 yesterday to 03:14 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:43 yesterday to 18:03 yesterday. [BBC]

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6:07 PM

GRONANT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 yesterday to 22:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:34 yesterday to 03:14 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:43 yesterday to 18:03 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:25 today [BBC]

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Wednesday, 8 August 2018
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12:07 AM

GRONANT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:25 today to 15:31 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 yesterday to 22:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:34 yesterday to 03:14 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:43 yesterday to 1 [BBC]

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